HJRES 249 · 93th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that any district, from which an official is elected to a legislative body, within a State, any political subdivision of a State, or in the District of Columbia shall contain substantially the same numbers of citizens.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1973-01-29)
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Constitutional Amendment - Requires any district, from which one or more officials is elected to any legislative body, within any State, the District of Columbia, or any political subdivision of a State to contain the same number of residents as any other district from which any other official or officials is elected to such legislative body; except that any such district may contain 5 percent more or 5 percent fewer residents than the quotient of the number of residents of such State, District of Columbia, or subdivision divided by of the number of its districts. Defines legislative body as the House of Representatives, and any elected State or local government body making decisions having the force of law.…
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